Adjustable shoulder form hanger



Oct. 10, 1950 Filed Sept. 6, 1945 G. H. HUMPHREYS ADJUSTABLE SHOULDER FORM HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 r i INVENTOR 62'0465 fl- HUMP/M675 Br ATTO RNE'G G. H. HUMPHREYS ADJUSTABLE SHOULDER FORM HANGER Oct. 10, 1950 2 Sheets-Shei 2 Filed Sept. 6, 1945 Patented Oct. 10, 1950 UNITED STATESXPATENT" orrlca George H. Humphreys, Delavan, Wis. Application September 6, 1945, Serial N0. 614,644

6 Claims. (Cl. 223-88) -a garment so that the latter may retain its shape.

The present day Wire garment hanger is liable to distort theshoulder padding or to impose an excessive strain upon the seams.

It is therefore the main object of the invention to provide an attachment that may be quickly and easily and in an adjustable manner securedto a wire hanger and that presents a garmentsupporting surface avoiding the above disadvantages.

Another object of theinventibn is the provision of a device of the class characterized which is of simple, sturdy and'economical construction.

With this and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novelty of construction, combination and. arrangement of parts hereinafter specifically described and claimed in the appended claims.

The description should be read with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side View of the preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View;

Figure 3 is a side view of my attachment in two different positions successively occupied during the process of attaching it to a wire hanger;

Figure 4 is a view of the smaller end of my attachment;

Figure 5 is a view of the larger end of my attachment;

Figure 6 is a, diametrical, axial section of my attachment on line 6-6 of Fig. 5;

Figures '7 and '8 are transverse sections on lines L4 and 88 respectively of Fig. 6;

Figure 9 is a top plan view of the smaller end of the attachment in attached position;

Figure 10 is a side view partly in section of a modification.

In the drawing in which like characters of reference designate like or similar parts, numeral 2 denotes a fragment of a conventional garment hanger of stout, stifi wire. The showing is confined to that hanger portion to which the attachment representing the preferred em- 1 bodimentof my invention is to be attached. The

attachment may be turned from Wood, made from metal or molded or pressed from plastic or be made in some other way. v 9 The general shape of the attachment 3 is that of an elongated cone of relatively small taper.

Both ends 4 are generally of hemispherical or other convex shape, The smaller left hand end portionis provided with anotch bounded at the 7 left by a convex surface 5 resembling that of a cylindrical quadrant and'a fiat surface 6 oblique to the axis of the cone and intersecting at right angles with a diametrical plane of the cone. A portion 1 of such'plane forms the bottom of the notch through which the inclined wire section of a hanger may be inserted while the section is substantially parallel to the bottom of the lateral notch described;

The wire section after its insertion. in the notch in the manner described is rocked on the convexsurface 5 into a slot still to be described.

The lateral notch described communicates at its inner end with one endof a diametrical slot. The left hand portion 9 of the slot is of such uniformwidth that the wire sectioncan move therein without difiiculty and extends to line It. The portion II of the slot to the right of line It! is of varying inwardly tapering width toward-its bed so that a given wire section can only enter this slot portion to a certain extent and is clamped in the slot at a certain line. The location of this clamping line depends on the size of the wire. The slot extends through about two-thirds of the diametrical thickness of the attachment and is held by the curved hanger wire section in a position in which the slot lies in the vertical.

The outer front surface of the attachment adjacent the lower slot opening is provided with a scale 12 the numbers of which are equal to the series of numbers indicating the sizes of garments to be supported by the attachment and hanger. In Fig. l the former is set on the latter in a portion in which the curved wire portion extends from the slot at the scale line 36 which indicates that the attachment is set on the hanger for the support of a garment size 36.

While the garment supporting surface of the attachment is broad, there may develop a tend ency of the garment portions supported, to slide outwardly. To obviate this, a rubber band [4 may be extended longitudinally through the bed of the slot and longitudinally along the top side or upper surface which normally supports the garment, to provide an element to frictionally engage the garment, as clearly illustrated in Figure 10.

The top surface of my attachment may be used for advertisements of clothing manufacturers or dealers.

While I have described the details of the preferred embodiment of my invention and illustrated the same in the accompanying drawing, I desire it to be understood that the foregoing disclosure merely illustrates the invention and is not to be construed as a limitation of the same. Changes or modifications obvious to those skilled in the art may therefore be resorted to without departure from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a wire garment hanger including shoulder sections, a garment shoulder engaging attachment comprising an elongated substantially solid and rigid member having a downwardly opening slot extending from its outer end to adjacent its inner end and a transversely opening diagonally disposed entrance notch at its inner end communicating with the inner end of the slot and having an enlarged portion opening outwardly of the inner endof said member and adapted for receiving a portion of one of the garment shoulder sections and by which said shoulder section portion may be disposed in the attachment for entrance into the slot-When the attachment is rocked relatively to said shoulder section.

2. An attachment as in claim 1, said slot being tapered in width'toward its bed and toward its opposite, outer end and said bed and outer end of the groove being narrower than the diameter of the shoulder section for adjustably clamping the attachment thereto by wedging engagement of .the shoulder section in the slot.

3. An attachment as in claim 1, said attachment including an upper garment engaging portion having a surface of substantially semi-circular cross section and tapering in width from the outer toward the inner end of the attachment. I

4. A garment shoulder engaging attachment adapted to be detachably mounted on a shoulder supporting section of a wire garment hanger, comprising an elongated rigid member having an inner end, an outer end, an upper surface and a bottom surface, said member having a diagonally extending notch in one side thereof, one end of the notch opening outwardly of the top surface and inner end of said member, and said member having .a slot extending longitudinally thereof from its outer end to said notch and opening outwardly of said bottom surface, the bed portion of said slot communicating with flared end of the notch, said member being adapted to be connected to the shoulder supporting garment hanger section by inserting the section laterally into the notch and thereafter swinging said member relatively to the hanger section to position said section in engagement with the slot and a portion of the flared end of the notch and substantially parallel to the axis of said rigid member.

5. An attachment as in claim 4, said slot being tapered in width toward its bed for clamping the garment shoulder engaging section of the hanger therein.

6. An attachment as in claim 4, said slot being taperedin width toward its bed and outer end for clamping the garment shoulder engaging section of the hanger therein.

. GEORGE H. HUMPHREYS.

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